gameplay changes

• you can now only lose friends once per level. go get some bigger numbies
• power-up boxes now auto-collect on level clear if player does not have a power-up, or if the power-up box is the same as the currently equipped power-up
• there is now a small window of time after baddies spawn in which they can not hurt you
• destroying pompi part 3 no longer required for level clear. now they just lil bonus points
• reduced power-up box shockwave radius and force
• increased player bullet knockback

ui

• screen transition time sped up even more
• added an entry to the manual to explain the friend loss mechanic since its a little more complicated now
• specified which things are invulnerable in the manual

visual

• changed player death effect color to cyan. feels more chill this way

bug fixes

• did a complicated overhaul of every script that uses a godot function i had no idea was buggy and could cause crashes
• fixed shockwaves not syncing with the rainbow strobe for the first few frames, during which they were full white (an illegal color per the palette!)
• additional experiments with object instancing/cleanup that might prevent crashes